Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2397

RCE

Title: Sonicwall Global Management System RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-2397.

CWE Category CWE-77

Published Date Feb 17, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

5.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2397: The cliserver implementation in Dell SonicWALL GMS, Analyzer, and UMA EM5000 7.2, 8.0, and 8.1 before Hotfix 168056 allows remote attackers to deserialize and execute arbitrary Java code via crafted XML data.

Impacted Vendors

sonicwall 3

Reference Links

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035015 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-163 https://support.software.dell.com/product-notification/185943 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035015 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-163 https://support.software.dell.com/product-notification/185943

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-2397 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 17, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.